Easter in

Ukraine

Easter in Ukraine Easter is the most important holiday of the

year.

Preparation for Easter starts seven weeks ahead of time with the advent. Believers don’t eat meat and animal products.

Palm Sunday , the week before Easter is known in Ukraine as Willow Sunday. People bring home willow branches which have been blessed in church. The week is dedicated to preparing for Easter.

Easter in Ukraine The Thursday before Easter is called Clean

Thursday. According to Ukrainian tradition everyone should take a bath before sunrise on this day . The house must be clean too. Good Friday is the day that the woman of the family bakes “paska”, Ukrainian Easter bread.

Easter eggs are called pysanky. Pysankashells have been found in archaeological sites more than 3000 years ago, and many of those designs are still being used on pysankatoday.

Easter in Ukraine On Friday

children and grown ups paint Easter eggs to add to the Easter basket which will be blessed in church.

Easter in Ukraine

Easter basket should contain pysanky, salt, paska, butter, cheese, vine, horseradish or garlic and sometimes sausage and ham.

In the evening people go to church for the Easter mass which lasts all night.

Easter Sunday is a day of singing songs and having festive meals.

People exchange Easter eggs.